Since yesterday’s launch of the trailer for Maestro, Bradley Cooper’s upcoming drama surrounding the love story between West Side Story composer Leonard Bernstein and his spouse Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein, the star has obtained backlash on social media surrounding the prosthetic nostril he employs to painting the Jewish determine.
Critics have deemed his portrayal antisemitic and have accused him of “Jewface,” with some deeming it a “caricature.”
In response to the backlash, Leonard Bernstein’s three kids Jamie, Alexander, and Nina launched a press release posted on Twitter, defending Cooper’s “loving” method to the position.
“Bradley Cooper included the three of us along every step of his amazing journey as he made his film about out father,” they penned. “We were touched to the core to witness the depth of his commitment, his loving embrace of our father’s music, and the sheer open-hearted joy he brought to his exploration.”
They famous that “it breaks [their] hears to see any misrepresentations or misunderstandings of his efforts,” as “it happens to be true that Leonard Bernstein had a nice, big nose.”
“Bradley chose to use makeup to amplify his resemblance, and we’re perfectly fine with that,” they continued. “We’re also certain that our dad would have been fine with it as well. Any strident complaints around this issue strike us above all as disingenuous attempts to bring a successful person down a notch — a practice we observed all too often perpetrated on our own father.”
The three highlighted that “at all times during the making of this film, [they] could feel the profound respect and yes, the love that Bradley brought to his portrait of Leonard Bernstein and his wife, [their] mother Felicia.”
“We feel so fortunate to have had this experience with Bradley, and we can’t wait for the world to see his creation,” they concluded.
The allegations have precipitated headlines from 2021 surrounding Jake Gyllenhaal shedding the rights to the movie to resurface. Gyllenhaal, who’s a Jewish actor, informed Deadline “that story, that idea of playing one of the most pre-eminent Jewish artists in America and his struggle with his identity was in [his] heart for 20 some odd years, but sometimes those things don’t work out.”
Various Jewish actors have referred to as out Jewface as a distinguished challenge throughout the leisure trade. According to Page Six, Sarah Silverman, who’s in Cooper’s upcoming movie, mentioned it on her podcast in 2021 within the context of The Comeback Girl, a restricted sequence that in the end wasn’t developed the place Kathryn Hahn would have performed Joan Rivers.
“In a time when the importance of representation is seen as so essential and so front and centre, why does ours constantly get breached even today in the thick of it?” she requested.
However, on Instagram, she famous that she “would feel terribly if [she] made any of these wonderful actresses [accused of Jewface] feel bad or guilty.”
“They did nothing wrong,” she continued. “But collectively … there’s a problem.”
This story initially appeared on Decider and is republished right here with permission.
Source: www.news.com.au
